Each year between 1,000 and 6,000 babies in the United States are born with Feat Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a pattern os mental and physical birth defects that is common in babies of mothers who drink heavily during her pregnancy. Any kind of alcohol, one time, can harm your baby with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. 40,000 babies are born with some type of alcohol-related damage each year.